The 1970's

[muppy]

1 minute ago, frostbitmic said:

Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon, Wish You Were Here, Animals etc ...

Allman Brothers, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Outlaws

Saturday Night Live - Aykroyd, Belushi, Murray, Radner, Chase etc ...

High School smoking lounges for students

Atari

The Exorcist, The Godfather, Jaws, Star Wars

Thai stick, Hash

Michelob, Stroh's, Lowenbrau

I love this list.

 

Noone has posted the 1976 Bicentennial celebrations.  

 

James Taylor Carol King Moody Blues

DARK SHADOWS

Senior skip day at Letchworth

Star Wars

skunk weed when that was all you could find

Molson Golden Ale

OV Splits

 

[frostbitmic]

18 minutes ago, muppy said:

I love this list.

 

Noone has posted the 1976 Bicentennial celebrations.  

 

James Taylor Carol King Moody Blues

DARK SHADOWS

Senior skip day at Letchworth

Star Wars

skunk weed when that was all you could find

Molson Golden Ale

OV Splits

 

We did the same

[muppy]

14 minutes ago, frostbitmic said:

We did the same

Indeed 🙂😎

[Wacka]

44 minutes ago, frostbitmic said:

Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon, Wish You Were Here, Animals etc ...

Allman Brothers, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Outlaws

Saturday Night Live - Aykroyd, Belushi, Murray, Radner, Chase etc ...

High School smoking lounges for students

Atari

The Exorcist, The Godfather, Jaws, Star Wars

Thai stick, Hash

Michelob, Stroh's, Lowenbrau

Watching SCTV and then  going out to the bars.

My HS took a basement room and  made it into a 'rap room". Put old couches and a table made out of an old wire spool. Allowed  Seniors only, allowed smoking , no teachers but I bet there were  narcs there, smoking allowed

Getting together with  friends , pooling our change and getting quarts of Ginny Cream (the green death aka Gennt Screamers). ("Ok, we have $2.00, we can get 3 quarts!")

Edited February 9 by Wacka

[Irv]

On 2/6/2024 at 4:58 PM, dpberr said:

The irony of the 1970s is that there was pretty substantial danger lurking out there.

 

Lead paint.  Please don't eat it.

Seat belts?  Air bags?

Let's smoke in the mall.  In the hospital.  In our living room with the kids around.

DDT kills mosquitos.  And humans.

Asbestos in schools

Serial killers

Kidnappers (Chowchilla)

Airplane crashes - Before 9/11, the Tenerife disaster on March 27, 1977 had the largest loss of life, and the 1979 crash of AA 191 was the deadliest crash in the US.

 

 

Quantas.  Quantas never crashed.  

[Bill from NYC]

Let's not forget:

 

LSD (not that I ever tried it)

 

The Grateful Dead The toured for pretty much the entire decade

 

If you wanted to bet a football game you did so with the Mafia (or aome other gang affiliated illegal bookie. The biggest bet I ever made was as a very young teen, I bet $275 against $250 and took the Raiders over the Vikings. It was a blood bath.  

 

 

 

[Ridgewaycynic2013]

Do they still have parlay cards?  A few college games for the Saturday, and usually the full NFL Sunday schedule.  I forget the odds, somehow pick 4 correct out of 4 games paid 10:1 ?

Just about every blue collar plant had an agent working them.  Plenty of high schools, too.

[Bill from NYC]

33 minutes ago, Ridgewaycynic2013 said:

Do they still have parlay cards?  A few college games for the Saturday, and usually the full NFL Sunday schedule.  I forget the odds, somehow pick 4 correct out of 4 games paid 10:1 ?

Just about every blue collar plant had an agent working them.  Plenty of high schools, too.

I remember them and a tie was considered a lost bet, so none of the point spreads involved half points.

[Gregg]

Who remembers when football pre/postgame shows were like this. We are winning 3-0. I hope we won the game

 

 

 

 

[BringMetheHeadofLeonLett]

On 2/5/2024 at 10:04 AM, coloradobillsfan said:

I hear more songs from the 70s in advertising and media than any other decade.  Do decades even have tangible 'sounds' anymore? 

The first time I heard a Who song in an ad I probably cried- I couldn't believe the band that'd led me through the minefields of feckin brilliant rebellion, angst, underage *****, teenage despair and ultimately triumph, could sell their souls to an ad campaign.  It still disappoints me, and however numb we may get to all of it, and to all of these artists, it should disappoint you too. 

[BringMetheHeadofLeonLett]

*m#s+ur%@+!0\

[BringMetheHeadofLeonLett]

On 2/5/2024 at 12:24 PM, dpberr said:

It's the control of ideas and controlled socialization with others.  There's no longer room for the risky idea.  Or the perhaps stupid idea.  There's no longer many venues to share ideas in person.  

 

Next to no government or corporate overlords in the 1960s....then the 1970s it slowly ratchets.  You get a little more control in the 1980s, little more in the 1990s.  A slow ratchet that really took off after 9/11 and overheated with Covid.    

 

As you reflect on the present, the "idea" is heavily controlled by the government and corporations where every idea in products, news, entertainment, politics is deliberately there for your consumption.  The idea *must* generate a profit or influence you in one way or another.  They also prefer you not socializing - just sit in your house and get all of your entertainment and products sent to you.  

 

Whatever happened to:

 

One hit wonders? 

Stupid music videos?

Indie movies? 

Stupid cars like the Pontiac Aztek? 

Why hasn't Tastykake produced any new snack in 30 years?  

Where to socialize?  Dance clubs, bowling alleys, roller skating, the mall - all dead.  

Local news is largely dead - it's mostly AP (heavily controlled) wire crap.

 

There is no way ol' Tay Tay is as big of a star as she is today in any previous decade.  She's the star she is today because corporate America has eliminated nearly all of the competition.  She makes them a ton of money and in return, there's no indie star out there that has any potential to eclipse her.  Corporate America needs a new Britney so they are force feeding Tate McRae out on the airwaves.  

 

The Cyber Truck IMO is a stupid idea, but it only exists because Elon Musk is throwing his F-You money at it.   It is very unlikely the K-Car, Ford Taurus or the Dodge Minivan would be made today because both cars were "crazy" ideas in US car making circles at the time.  

 

It'll take 16 months to digest this post. but thank you for stating the way you see it... and I totally see a *****-ton of what you're saying.
I have a bit of a different take on where the 70's came from - I think a lot of the kids in the 70's had dads that fought in D-day, Rabaul and Korea,,, and their kids weren't going to be pussies.   The whole decade was looking for a fistfight as far as I can remember.  

[ExiledInIllinois]

49 minutes ago, BringMetheHeadofLeonLett said:

The first time I heard a Who song in an ad I probably cried- I couldn't believe the band that'd led me through the minefields of feckin brilliant rebellion, angst, underage *****, teenage despair and ultimately triumph, could sell their souls to an ad campaign.  It still disappoints me, and however numb we may get to all of it, and to all of these artists, it should disappoint you too. 

Uh, no... They were sellouts since day one. 😆  Maybe the irony was lost on people.

 

1967:

😏 

 

 

 

[WhoTom]

On 2/8/2024 at 6:39 AM, Ridgewaycynic2013 said:

Quite a few people born in 1956 found that a pin could alter the block lettering 6 into a 5, at least on NY state driver licenses. 😁

Or a 3 to a 2, in my case. Only got caught once (by a cashier), so I quickly put it back and left. That was shortly before my 18th BD, so not a big deal.

 

And so I'd never show the altered one to a cop, I told the DMV that I'd lost it, and they reissued one with my real birthday.

[WhoTom]

4 hours ago, BringMetheHeadofLeonLett said:

The first time I heard a Who song in an ad I probably cried- I couldn't believe the band that'd led me through the minefields of feckin brilliant rebellion, angst, underage *****, teenage despair and ultimately triumph, could sell their souls to an ad campaign.  It still disappoints me, and however numb we may get to all of it, and to all of these artists, it should disappoint you too. 

 

I used to feel that way, but I changed my tune (excuse the pun). Two reasons:

 

1. I heard the song "I've Been Everywhere" in a commercial and although I wasn't familiar with the song, I recognized the voice of Johnny Cash. I hadn't heard much of his music other than Folsom, A Boy Named Sue, and a couple of his songs that the Grateful Dead had covered, so I bought the compilation album "Cash" and discovered a bunch more songs that I loved. I've heard a few other songs in commercials that I hadn't heard before, looked them up, and bought some music. You can argue that it's a marketing ploy, but the way I see it is that it's exposing the new generation to older music.

 

2. If you work for a company that produces something, aren't you effectively "selling out your talents?" Why should artists be any different? I'm a freelance technical writer who writes for e-mags and print trade journals. Sometimes I write an article that's sponsored by a vendor. Am I selling out?

 

 

 

[Steve O]

On 2/9/2024 at 8:47 AM, Gregg said:

Who remembers when football pre/postgame shows were like this. We are winning 3-0. I hope we won the game

 

 

 

 

Actually we did, one of only 3 NFL games to end with a score of 5-0. One was in 1927, with the Buffalo Bisons on the bad end of the score, the other a little more recent, 1970.

[Ridgewaycynic2013]

1 hour ago, WhoTom said:

 

I used to feel that way, but I changed my tune (excuse the pun). Two reasons:

 

1. I heard the song "I've Been Everywhere" in a commercial and although I wasn't familiar with the song, I recognized the voice of Johnny Cash. I hadn't heard much of his music other than Folsom, A Boy Named Sue, and a couple of his songs that the Grateful Dead had covered, so I bought the compilation album "Cash" and discovered a bunch more songs that I loved. I've heard a few other songs in commercials that I hadn't heard before, looked them up, and bought some music. You can argue that it's a marketing ploy, but the way I see it is that it's exposing the new generation to older music.

 

2. If you work for a company that produces something, aren't you effectively "selling out your talents?" Why should artists be any different? I'm a freelance technical writer who writes for e-mags and print trade journals. Sometimes I write an article that's sponsored by a vendor. Am I selling out?

 

 

 

I always found it ironic that 'Fortunate Son', written as an anti war song was co-opted by Levis to sell pants.  I also liked how John Fogerty went after the record label for selling the rights to the song.

[BringMetheHeadofLeonLett]

On 2/13/2024 at 8:46 AM, WhoTom said:

 

I used to feel that way, but I changed my tune (excuse the pun). Two reasons:

 

1. I heard the song "I've Been Everywhere" in a commercial and although I wasn't familiar with the song, I recognized the voice of Johnny Cash. I hadn't heard much of his music other than Folsom, A Boy Named Sue, and a couple of his songs that the Grateful Dead had covered, so I bought the compilation album "Cash" and discovered a bunch more songs that I loved. I've heard a few other songs in commercials that I hadn't heard before, looked them up, and bought some music. You can argue that it's a marketing ploy, but the way I see it is that it's exposing the new generation to older music.

 

2. If you work for a company that produces something, aren't you effectively "selling out your talents?" Why should artists be any different? I'm a freelance technical writer who writes for e-mags and print trade journals. Sometimes I write an article that's sponsored by a vendor. Am I selling out?

 

 

 

Without a question, yes.  And I have too.  BUT, I doubt either of us have put ourselves into a position where we've claimed to be the spokespersons for a movement or generation.  
 

I don't know about you, but I still have time.  

[BringMetheHeadofLeonLett]

On 2/5/2024 at 12:34 PM, Augie said:

They made a show about the 70’s. I forget what they called it.   

 

 

😋

Hogan's Heroes, I believe. 
 

So I was working at a Fox affiliate, when I think the show you're referencing (Maude?) came out.  That 70's Show was easily the best show the network was about to put on the air in 1998(?).  
 

Another show they had us... focus group... was called, 'Fox Files'.  
 

You'll never guess this, but the name of the show had already been claimed by a porn company.  For those of you loyal 'Fox Files' devotees, I'm sorry, but that's how the show met its untimely end. Wonderful Show, Beautiful show.  But it's not a show any more.  

[SoTier]

Some other memories of the 1970s ...

- on May 4, 1970 four students at Kent State University in Kent, Ohio, were killed when National Guardsmen opened fire on a crowd of students protesting the US bombing of Cambodia.  The US interference in Cambodia led directly to the Khmer Rouge under Pol Pot ruling the country and the death of more than 2 million Cambodians.

- Secretariat's magnificent 26 length win in the Belmont Stakes to become the first Triple Crown winner since 1948.  Time Magazine featured him on their cover as "Super Horse" in June, 1973.

- the resignation of Richard Nixon as POTUS on August 8, 1974, in order to avoid impeachment for his role in the Watergate scandal

- the chaotic scenes of the last US helicopters departing Saigon in April, 1975

- the Blizzard of 1977, infinitely worst than our recent blizzards IMO because of the breadth, strength, and duration of the blizzard conditions as well as the extreme cold (Blizzard of 1977).  Surprisingly, 23 people died in this blizzard in all of WNY -- in an era before 24-7 weather, storm warnings days ahead of the event, weather alerts, cell phones, etc -- compared to about 50 in the 2022 storm. 

 

On 2/7/2024 at 5:58 PM, Dr. Who said:

Really great decade for music, but when I think '70s, I mainly think of how these fellas never stopped ruining Sundays.

 

 

The Bills were 0-for-the-1970s against the Fish.  When the Chuck Knox-coached Bills beat the Fish 17-7 in Rich Stadium on opening day, 1980, the fans tore down the goalposts.  The celebrations for the Bills making the Super Bowl a decade later probably wasn't as great as that moment.

Edited February 16 by SoTier